American Government health spending seen hitting $1.8 trillion

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mrstickball said:

Argh_College said:

sethnintendo said:

That is what you get with most of the population fat and unhealthy.  Relying on prescription drugs rather than address the real problem.  Americans have become too lazy and will take a cure all pill for anything even though that pill is only hiding symptoms (and probably causing more problems).  Too bad the only way to really address it is with a lifestyle change.  Eating as little processed foods as possible and rarely going to fast food is a start.  Eating what you are supposed to goes a long way.  If you eat shit then you will probably become shit.  You are what you eat.

Thats nor just a US problem but WW.

Well i guess you´re right but most people are lazy and like to eat shit and drink alot. I dont think we can do anything about it...

Sure you can.

It'll have everyone screaming bloody murder in the streets.

Its called "Letting Darwin Do His Thing"

Cut off all subsidies. All freebies. Make people pay for their care, or go to a charity that can help them with their problem on a case-by-case basis. Then, if someone wants to eat cheetoes for lunch and have Mt. Dew for dinner, or have unprotected, STD-ridden sex all the time, they are free to do it. But if they won't get a free ride. In one generation, you'd have all the lazy, (physically) useless people gone, and the ones that survived knowing what it takes to live life proper and in good health. Not because its just the right thing to do, but its the most affordable way to go.

Of course, such a method requires smaller government and a responsible populace. Those are the core reasons we have the problems we do today.

Christ that's extreme, and disgusting. Things like that are exactly the reason why I despise the extreme libertarian point of view.

 

The core problems with Americas healthcare system aren't down to the fact that the government is involved, otherwise other countries with socialised healthcare (ie. pretty much the entire developed world) would have the same problems.

Americas healthcare system is plainly fucked, the rest of the worlds is not. This can be basically seen in this graph.